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    INT'L INSTITUTIONS CAN'T COPE WITH THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, PRESIDENT ALIYEV SAYS

    Trend , Azerbaijan
    December 2, 2014 Tuesday 1:59 PM GMT +4

    Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 2

    Trend:

    Armenia does not want peace, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said
    in an interview to "Russia-24" TV channel All-Russia State Television
    and Radio Broadcasting Company.

    Speaking of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the president said Armenia
    doesn't want to resolve the long-lasting issue with Azerbaijan.

    "It wants to leave everything as it is and to maintain the status
    quo," he said. "Unfortunately, we cannot talk about the success in
    the negotiation process."

    "Although the presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries,
    namely, Russia, US and France have repeatedly stated that the status
    quo is unacceptable and must be changed," the president said.

    President Aliyev said the change of the status quo means the
    de-occupation of Azerbaijan's territory, which is the main condition
    for resolving the conflict.

    The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in
    1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a
    result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
    20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
    seven surrounding districts. The two countries signed a ceasefire
    agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia,
    France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.

    President Aliyev said the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict differs from all other conflicts in the post-Soviet area,
    because there are the UN Security Council resolutions for its solution.

    "There are four resolutions, rather than one, requiring immediate
    and unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian troops from the occupied
    territories," President Aliyev said. "They have not been fulfilled for
    more than 20 years. Unfortunately, there is no mechanism for their
    implementation, as Armenia simply ignores them. These resolutions
    must be the basis of the conflict settlement, there is no other way."

    President Aliyev said this year differs from the previous years by
    the intensive negotiation process.

    "The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries in the face of the
    presidents of these countries have actively participated in the
    negotiation process," the president said. "I don't think it has ever
    happened before. Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting
    with the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Sochi in August. In
    September, US Secretary of State Kerry held a similar meeting with us,
    and in late October French President Francois Hollande also invited
    the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia to meet in Paris. We held
    bilateral and trilateral discussions."

    The president said besides the settlement of the conflict and the
    negotiation process, one of the issues was about strengthening the
    confidence-building measures, the desire to have fewer incidents on
    the contact line and that the sides' would trust each other more.

    "Both sides - Armenia and Azerbaijan - positively evaluated the meeting
    in Paris," Ilham Aliyev said, adding that this was also mentioned in
    the public comments.

    However, just two weeks later Armenia began to hold the so-called
    military exercises in the occupied part of Azerbaijan, he stressed.

    "Moreover, they were holding these exercises not in Armenia, or even
    within the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, but on the territory
    of Aghdam district of Azerbaijan, just along the line of contact,"
    President Aliyev said.

    He went on to add that according to the data of the Armenian side,
    47,000 servicemen and thousands of types of equipment were involved
    in the exercises.

    "The question is what was the need to arrange provocations immediately
    after a positive meeting in Paris?" the Azerbaijani president said.

    With regard to the efficiency of international institutions in
    addressing contemporary conflicts, President Aliyev said what is
    happening in the world demonstrates that international institutions
    don't cope with their responsibilities, and perhaps, don't justify
    the hopes they are entrusted with.

    "This also applies to our case, when for over 20 years the OSCE is
    like a mediator," he said. "This also applies to the matters that
    are within the competence of the UN."

    The president further said that a deformation of international
    institutions is going on in the world, which is a very alarming and
    dangerous tendency.

    "The leading countries of the world have to say their clear word here
    not only with statements, but also with respect to the decisions that
    are taken. Decisions are not made but actions are carried out - we
    have seen this too many times in the modern world, not so long ago,"
    the president said.

    The president said the collapse of the existing mechanisms of
    international cooperation will lead to a total chaos.

    "I think that in this historical period of time the responsibility
    falls on the leading countries of the world. They mustn't violate the
    international law in the first place. They should support international
    law and the world order that formed after World War II," President
    Aliyev said.

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